Regular Antenatal Attendance and Education Influence the Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study at the University Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Table 3
Association between sociodemographic characteristics, medical history, and ANC IPT dose completion.
Variables
Complete; 89(31.8%)
Incomplete; 191(68.2%)
aOR (95% CI)
p- value
Age
15-20
3(75.0)
1(25.0)
1 (reference)
21-25
14(29.8)
33(70.2)
0.10 (0.01 - 1.61)
0.105
26-30
35(30.7)
79(69.3)
0.11 (0.01 -1.98)
0.138
31-35
25(32.5)
52(67.5)
0.15 (0.01 - 2.73)
0.202
36-40
11(32.4)
23(67.6)
0.22 (0.01 - 4.09)
0.308
41-45
1(25.0)
3(75.0)
0.23 (0.01 - 10.63)
0.457
Education
Uneducated
4(20.0)
16(80.0)
1 (reference)
Primary
30(24.2)
94(75.8)
1.28 (0.40 – 4.12)
0.682
Secondary
29(37.7)
48(62.3)
2.42 (0.74 – 7.94)
0.188
Tertiary
26(44.1)
33(55.9)
3.15 (0.94 -10.97)
0.042
Religion
Christian
69(32.5)
143(67.5)
1 (reference)
Muslim
20(29.4)
48(70.6)
0.97 (0.48 - 1.98)
0.954
Occupation
Unemployed
18(47.4)
20(52.6)
1 (reference)
Informal
48(27.0)
130(73.0)
0.72 (0.31 - 1.73)
0.469
Formal
23(35.9)
41(64.1)
0.28 (0.09 - 0.79)
0.016
Marital status
Single
7(38.9)
11(61.1)
1 (reference)
Married
74(31.1)
164(68.9)
1.69 (0.49 - 5.76)
0.400
Co-habiting
8(33.3)
16(66.7)
1.38 (0.29 - 6.53)
0.681
Parity
0
30(48.4)
32(51.6)
1 (reference)
1
22(25.0)
66(75.0)
0.33 (0.14 - 0.77)
0.010
2
25(34.7)
47(65.3)
0.52 (0.20 - 1.33)
0.174
3
8(26.7)
22(73.3)
0.34 (0.10 - 1.14)
0.081
≥ 4
4(14.3)
24(85.7)
0.14 (0.03 - 0.63)
0.011
Number of ANC visits
≤ 3
2(2.8)
69(97.2)
1 (reference)
≥ 4
87(41.6)
122(58.4)
24.6(5.87-103.07)
<0.0001
Supervision (DOT)
Yes
86(32.3)
180(67.7)
(reference)
No
3(21.4)
11(78.6)
1.81 (0.42 - 7.81)
0.425
Complete: completion of recommended dose, ANC: antenatal care, and DOT: directly observed therapy. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic characteristics and medical history on ANC IPTp-SP dose completion. < 0.05 was considered statistically significant ( values of significant variables are in bold print).
